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Senate amends insurance bill to reinstate private cause of action, then circles the bill for further review
Summary
The Senate voted to reinstate language allowing insured people to sue insurance adjusters for failing to follow rules, then moved to 'circle' (hold) the bill to allow half-hour further debate and response. The floor debate centered on weighing enforcement against risking the bill’s core 60-day notice provision.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 2 debated and temporarily held Senate Bill 88, a motor-vehicle insurance bill that would require insurers to notify policyholders whether they will cover uninsured motorist claims within 60 days.
Senator John Stevenson, sponsor of SB 88, said the bill’s core provision “sets a 60 day time limit in which an insurance company needs to inform the insured of whether or not they're going to cover them in that…
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